Later platonists and their heirs among Christians, Jews, and Muslims / edited by Eva Anagnostouu-Laoutides, Ken Parry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parry, Ken, 1945- editor.

Anagnostou-Laoutides, Eva, editor.

Series:

Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; Volume 27.

Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity Series ; Volume 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Philosophy--History.

Christianity.

Judaism--Philosophy--History.

Judaism.

Islam--Philosophy--History.

Islam.

Plato--Influence.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (568 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"Later Platonists and their Heirs among Christians, Jews and Muslims offers a thought-provoking exploration of the reception of Platonism among communities of faith from early Christianity to the sixteenth century, from the Byzantine East to the Latin West. Rare emphasis is placed on the importance of Platonic thought and its diffusion in late antique and medieval Syria, Armenia, and Georgia but also among Arab and Jewish intellectuals from the seventh century onwards. As such, the volume makes a statement against the separation of Neoplatonic philosophy from Christianity and the other Abrahamic faiths, since all four traditions promoted a life of virtue and goodness despite operating under different divine auspices. The volume seeks to establish paths of transmission and modes of adaptation across times and places"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

‎Contents

‎Preface

‎Notes on Contributors

‎Introduction

‎Part 1. Early Christian Heirs

‎Chapter 1. Man before God: Music and Silence as Induction to Altered States of Consciousness from Plato to Clement of Alexandria (Anagnostou-Laoutides)

‎Chapter 2. Some Aspects of the Reception of the Platonic Tradition in Origen (Ramelli)

‎Part 2. Late Antique and Early Byzantine Heirs

‎Chapter 3. Doubts in Olympiodorus' Later Commentaries: Could Plato Be Wrong about Suicide and Metempsychosis? (Tarrant)

‎Chapter 4. The Hermeneutics of Dionysius the Areopagite's Platonic Writing Style (Vasilakis)

‎Chapter 5. 'Optimistic Monism': The Logocentric Neoplatonism of Maximus the Confessor (Skliris)

‎Chapter 6. Damascenus Neoplatonicus: Suggestions regarding a Research Agenda for the Study of Neoplatonism in John Damascene's Oeuvre (Adrahtas)

‎Chapter 7. Attitudes to Cult Images in Neoplatonism and Byzantine Christianity (Parry)

‎Part 3. Middle and Late Byzantine Heirs

‎Chapter 8. Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Transformation in the Thought of Michael Psellos (Champion)

‎Chapter 9. Psellos on Achieving 'Likeness to God' and Being 'In the Image of God' (Miles)

‎Chapter 10. The Neoplatonism of Barlaam the Calabrian (Trizio)

‎Chapter 11. Middleman or Man in the Middle? Plethon and the Plato-Aristotle Controversy (Baltussen)

‎Chapter 12. Trapezuntios and Bessarion on Arabic Philosophy and Science (Steiris)

‎Part 4. Oriental Christian Heirs

‎Chapter 13. The Syriac Heirs of Neoplatonism (Watt)

‎Chapter 14. The Armenian Reception of Neoplatonism (Calzolari)

‎Chapter 15. Providence and Fate in Ioane Petritsi's Commentary on Proclus' Elements of Theology (Alexidze)

‎Chapter 16. The Christian Arabic (Melkite) Reception of the Neoplatonic Doctrine of Evil (Tarras)

‎Part 5. Western Christian Heirs.

‎Chapter 17. Reading Theophrastus' Mind: Marsilio Ficino's Reception of Priscian of Lydia (Corrias)

‎Chapter 18. Michael of Ephesus and Robert Grosseteste: Neoplatonic Tradition and Epistemological Rupture (Arabatzis)

‎Chapter 19. Proclus' Reception in the Sixteenth Century: Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements (de Garay)

‎Part 6. Jewish and Muslim Heirs

‎Chapter 20. Jewish Neoplatonism (Afterman and Michaelis)

‎Chapter 21. Mysticism in the Islamicate World: The Question of Neoplatonic Influence in Sufi Thought (Milani)

‎Index of Modern Authors

‎Index of Subjects and Places

‎Index of Historical Figures.

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Print version: Anagnostou, Eva Later Platonists and Their Heirs among Christians, Jews, and Muslims

ISBN:

9789004527850

OCLC:

1492932326